Fairfield Township
Shiawassee County, Michigan
Last verified September 17, 2026
Fairfield Township is a jurisdiction in Shiawassee County, Michigan, which does not currently list an online permit database — contact the department directly by phone or email. Use the contact information below to reach the local building department, or the mailing address if the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Contact
Permit Search
No online permit database on file — contact the department directly by phone or email.
Certificate Holder Mailing Address
Shiawassee County Building & Trades Department208 N Shiawassee St
Corunna, MI 48817
Use this address when the jurisdiction needs to be listed as a certificate holder on a contractor's insurance documentation.
Additional Notes
IMPORTANT SOURCING CAVEAT: this township's apparent domain, fairfieldtwp.org, was checked and is actually a Fairfield Township in Butler County, OHIO (a confirmed domain collision) - it was NOT used as a source here. A separate site, fairfieldtwp.us, appears to be the real Michigan township site but could not be loaded (SSL handshake failure) during this research, so no facts were taken from it. Non-official sources (Ballotpedia, a county candidate-filing PDF) suggest Supervisor Richard Zemla Jr., phone (989) 666-2159, and a township office at 7988 W. Henderson Rd., Elsie, MI 48831 - these are UNCONFIRMED on an official source and are given here only as a lead, not as fact. The Shiawassee County Building & Trades Department (comdev@shiawassee.net, (989) 743-2222, 208 N Shiawassee St, Corunna, MI 48817, per official shiawassee.net) issues building/trade permits countywide, but its page does not explicitly confirm Fairfield Township is on its jurisdiction list - treat as a probable but unconfirmed delegation. Do not confuse with the unrelated Fairfield Township in Lenawee County (separate entry above).
What You Need Before Applying for a Permit
Most building departments ask for the same core package before they'll issue a permit: a completed application naming the property owner and contractor, the contractor's state license number and proof of insurance (general liability, and workers' comp if employees are on the job), a notice of commencement or equivalent recorded filing for larger jobs where the state requires one, and scaled plans or a site plan for anything beyond minor repairs. Roofing, fence, pool, and solar permits typically have their own simplified checklists — Fairfield Township's department (above) can confirm exactly what applies to your project.
Why this matters for insurance: permit history is one of the first things an underwriter or adjuster checks. Unpermitted work — a finished basement, an added bedroom, a rebuilt roof — can complicate a claim or even void coverage for that portion of the loss, and it routinely surfaces during a home inspection. Pulling the right permit up front, and keeping the closed-permit record on file, protects both the property's value and its insurability at resale.
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